Health insurance has emerged as a critical policy instrument for achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in India. Before the introduction of Swasthya Sathi, West Bengal faced significant challenges related to catastrophic health expenditure (CHE), low insurance penetration and unequal healthcare access.
Policy UpdateRakhi Kumari Background India and Canada’s relationship goes back a long way, built on shared democratic values, a large Indian diaspora of nearly 1.8 million people, and growing trade ties. It’s a partnership that runs deeper than just Commonwealth…
Against the backdrop of a falling Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 1.5, significantly below the replacement-level fertility rate of 2.1 required to maintain a stable population, the Andhra Pradesh Government has proposed a Population Management Policy aimed at encouraging higher fertility rates through financial incentives and family-support measures.
Policy UpdateShivali Yadav BACKGROUND On 29 July, 2021, Vidya Pravesh was launched by the Prime Minister to commemorate one year of the NEP ( National Education Policy) 2020. This is a 3-month play-based school preparation programme being offered in all…
For decades, India's public health system relied largely on demand-side interventions such as expanding insurance coverage and beneficiary support.
Policy Update Asmatwali Background India’s Overseas Development Partnership (ODP) has evolved from a modest post-independence solidarity gesture into one of the most consequential instruments of New Delhi’s foreign policy. Rooted in the Colombo Plan (1950) and later institutionalised through the…
For decades, the standard critique of the Indian public health sector was its single-minded obsession with "demand-side" adjustments.